"filename" meaning in English

See filename in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/ [General-American] Forms: filenames [plural]
enPR: fīl′nām Etymology: Solidification of file name, compounded from file + name. Related to file system. The preference for the solid form filename over the spaced form file name in opposition to the preference for the spaced form file system over the solid form filesystem is probably influenced by the solidification of other compound nouns ending with name (for instance: place name > place-name > placename). Etymology templates: {{m|en|file name}} file name, {{com|en|file|name}} file + name, {{m|en|file system}} file system, {{m-self|en|filename}} filename, {{m|en|file name}} file name, {{m|en|file system}} file system, {{m|en|filesystem}} filesystem, {{m|en|name}} name, {{m|en|place name}} place name, {{m|en|place-name}} place-name, {{m|en|placename}} placename Head templates: {{en-noun}} filename (plural filenames)
  1. (computing) The name assigned to a file in a file system. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: file name Hypernyms: name Hyponyms: 8.3 filename, long filename, LFN, short filename, SFN Derived forms: filename extension Related terms: file format Translations (name assigned to a file): фа́йлово и́ме (fájlovo íme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 文件名 (wénjiàn míng) (Chinese Mandarin), dosiernomo (Esperanto), tiedostonimi (Finnish), nom de fichier [masculine] (French), Dateiname [masculine] (German), όνομα αρχείου (ónoma archeíou) [neuter] (Greek), nama berkas (Indonesian), ファイル名 (fairu-mei) (Japanese), nazwa pliku [feminine] (Polish), nome de arquivo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), nome de ficheiro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), naziv datoteke [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nombre de archivo [masculine] (Spanish), filnamn [neuter] (Swedish), dosya adı/ismi (Turkish)

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      "word": "文件名"
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      "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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      "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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      "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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      "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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    {
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      "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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